Lower Niles Vultures

The Tomaszewski family team was owned by Len from 1978 to 1984 and Jim ("Tomo") from 1985 to the present. That ownership shift precipitated a Hall of Fame moment: after the 1984 season the league voted to give Tomo the Vultures, but not to give Len the Salt Lake (later Wausaukee) franchise he wanted in Lower Niles' place. After Len got mad enough the league re-voted and let Len back in after he had been kicked out of the league for about ten minutes.

Lower Niles has won five DNFL Bowls, scoring the most points ever by a DNFL Bowl team in 2003 when it beat Rock Spring 81-26. In the team's very next game, week 1 of 2004, it scored 97, setting both a one-game scoring record and the record for the hugest two-game scoring binge in DNFL history.

Lower Niles Vultures
All Time Record


Yearly Record

Playoff Record



Year W L T Conf. PF/PA Finish in Division
1978 2 6 0 2-6 233/253 8
1979 6 4 1 1-1-1 408/402 2
1980 8 6 0 4-2 420/471 1
1981 6 8 0 3-3 389/466 2
1982 3 4 0 1-2 252/193 4
1983 5 9 0 0-6 455/467 4
1984 7 6 1 3-3 392/394 3
1985 8 5 1 4-2 431/402 1
1986 11 2 1 6-0 436/324 1
1987 7 3 0 4-2 357/236 1
1988 6 8 0 2-4 334/372 4
1989 8 6 0 3-3 437/407 3
1990 6 7 1 3-3 395/403 3
1991 7 7 0 5-2 412/441 2
1992 10 4 0 3-3 509/318 1
1993 7 7 0 3-3 343/334 2
1994 8 6 0 4-2 531/473 1
1995 11 3 0 5-1 652/485 1
1996 7 7 0 4-2 509/540 2
1997 7 7 0 4-2 414/457 2
1998 5 8 1 4-2 432/488 2
1999 4 10 0 2-4 326/436 4
2000 6 6 2 2-2-2 480/443 3
2001 9 5 0 4-2 542/439 1
2002 12 2 0 5-1 650/421 1
2003 9 5 0 5-1 527/385 1
2004 10 3 1 6-0 711/499 2+wildcard
2005 12 2 0 4-2 624/390 1
2006 7 6 1 4-2 513/541 3
2007 11 3 0 3-3 618/445 1
2008 9 5 0 3-3 574/468 1
Tot: 234 170 10 105-74-3    
Year Result
1980 Madison 34, Lower Niles 24
1985 St. Croix 40, Lower Niles 26
1986 Altoona 44 + tiebreaker, Lower Niles 44
1987 Pittsburgh 47, Lower Niles 32
1992 Bellwood 29 + tiebreaker, Lower Niles 29
1994 Lower Niles 44, Pittsburgh 33
  Lower Niles 34, Etobicoke 17
1995 Lower Niles 35, Etobicoke 34
  Lower Niles 43, Bellwood 42
2001 Windsor 37, Lower Niles 20
2002 Lower Niles 43, Windsor 34
  Bellwood 35, Lower Niles 25
2003 Lower Niles 50, Etobicoke 43
  Lower Niles 81, Rock Spring 26
2004 Lower Niles 47, Decatur 21
  Lower Niles 59, Etobicoke 19
2005 Bellwood 56, Lower Niles 54
2007 Etobicoke 24, Lower Niles 15
2008 Lower Niles 52, Windsor 26
  Lower Niles 40, Hermitage 36
* Mifune(SDFL) 17, Lower Niles 13

* Len Tomaszewski Bowl II